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  1. J

    Bed bugs alert

    http://www.amazon.com/Sawyer-SP657-Perm ... B001ANQVYU Sawyer SP657 Permethrin Premium Insect Clothing Repellent, 24-Ounce Spray Amazon shipped mine to me in Florida. Canadians could try that route. If the US BDU's are soaked in it for controlling insects, I can almost guarantee that Canadian...
  2. J

    BED BUGS-How Not to Get Them!

    There is a simple way to protect oneself from getting bed bugs, and that is the use of a chemical called Permethrin. This is a liquid which was designed for use by the US military to be applied to battle dress uniforms and equipment so as to protect the soldier from biting insects. This chemical...
  3. J

    TV interview about Priscillian and Priscillianism

    From reading this thread, I'd conclude that one must exercise discretion believing opinions, whether spoken or written. For instance, some opinion has it that the Holocaust never took place. But that certainly doesn't mean that it didn't.
  4. J

    Insect Alerts!

    BED BUGS. Here is an interesting source of info on them from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedbug I have never heard of them until the last few years and then only when I began to do research for my upcoming 2005 hike of the Camino Frances and recall a few pilgrims reporting getting...
  5. J

    October and November weatherquestions

    Here is a site with good description of the climatic zones and max-min for the locations and months you choose: http://www.peterrobins.co.uk/camino/weather.html This is an amazingly informative site of Camino info
  6. J

    Not everyone 'gets' the camino experience.....

    For those of you who might be sensitive to white (enriched wheat) bread, whole wheat bread is available along the Via de la Plata. As I recall, Pan integral (wholewheat bread) was not available in all the small bakery shops of some of the smaller villages -those without their own bakery and...
  7. J

    Santiago Matamoros becomes a pacifist

    I don't believe we should attempt to alter the past so as to conform to the perceived sensibilities of the present.
  8. J

    Not everyone 'gets' the camino experience.....

    It is strange how different folks receive different impressions after a common experience! For my part, I considered the food in Spain to be not just on par with the best of the continent, but far surpassing most of it. And, I also consider their 'ubiquitous white bread' loaves a particularly...
  9. J

    How much a day to budget living simply in US Dollars?

    A recent report reveals that the average expenditure of pilgrims is 26 euros a day. miscellaneous-topics/topic4474.html
  10. J

    snow storm in October?????

    I started October 6th, as I recall, in 2005 and only had a very light dusting of snow when I walked over O'cebreiro but that would have been closer to (or in)November since I also walked from SJPdPl. I walked in shorts every day and only used a thin pair of long pants in the evenings since I...
  11. J

    How to Become a Hospitalero/a?

    I was curious how one might volunteer to become a hospitalero/a. I am bi-lingual, speaking English and Spanish and have some spare time
  12. J

    Camino weather

    Last Links Yes, particularly the last links which give long term historical climatic data for planning purposes. It helped me to plan my CF trip a few years ago and is serving same purpose for my upcoming VdlP. Kudos to Grant for a job 'Very well done!'. And, a heartfelt thanks for your efforts...
  13. J

    A Striking Sew (iron?) on badge or patch

    CSJ-SA I found them here but it does not appear they sell a patch... http://www.geocities.com/csjofsa/ http://www.casabanderas.com/ Still looking
  14. J

    A Striking Sew (iron?) on badge or patch

    Sew-On Patch "If you are really desperate for a badge, the CSJ of South Africa has a very nice one with a shell embossed with a red Santiago Cross." Do they have a website for viewing the patch?
  15. J

    A Striking Sew (iron?) on badge or patch

    What I cannot seem to find is a striking sew or iron on patch for my backpack that represents the Camino and, specifically, the scallop shell. Hopefully it would also carry the red sword of Santiago Matamoros upon its face. I have seen this symbol represented in various places but never as a...
  16. J

    Oct Weather Sevilla-salamanca

    Weather from my notes/VdlP with it's source first: http://groups.msn.com/ElCaminoSantiago/ ... Plata.msnw October Med temp Ave max temp Ave min temp Days with rain Sevilla 19.6 25.6(78.1F) 13.5(56.3F) 8 Badajoz 17.4 23.8(74.8F)...
  17. J

    Favourite things and places

    The Sea in the Distance After the emotion of Santiago, I'd have to add that tantalizing, far off glimpse of the sea, walking down from the hills before Cee, after having walked from France to get there. Then, hovering around that tiny fire in the cold and dark, slightly down toward the sea from...
  18. J

    All the 2006 Stats

    Great Link Great link, Thanks! It does not appear there will be a crowding problem on the VdlP in November, December this year!
  19. J

    Tiger in Southern France?

    Here is yet another challenge to the Camino, this time for the walkers in the Bordeaux area of France: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070720/od_ ... 7KL_8E1vAI Apparently a tiger is on the loose, wandering through the countryside!
  20. J

    Weather in October?

    I never washed a grape before i ate it and never once considered doing so. And I ate them for days on end. I trusted some prior rain to have done it for me...and it must have been so!

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